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Here are a few photos to share of the new house, taken with a digital camera. We'll get lots more pictures scanned in and onto the site when we have some rainy days. Lost of pictures out of the house at the moment - the inside is not much to look at yet, just a bunch of cardboard boxes and scattered furniture. We'll get to the inside at a later date. - Sunday May 13, 2001 |
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View through the arch over the kitchen sink and into the sun room. Doors and windows are wide open today to take in all the fresh air to revive the inside of the house. |
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| Out the computer room window, to the northeast. The leaves are just starting to break out on the birch trees in the front yard. So far, the cats have not figured out how to jump onto the roof of the arctic entry, to the left. | ||
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| Out the adjacent computer room window, to the southeast. The Colorado blue spruce out front is a nice contrast to the "pipe-cleaner" form of spruces native to the Anchorage bowl. Wolverine Peak is still visible above the neighbor's garage, and we're thinking of trying to convince the city to put a hood on that streetlight... though we'll probably forget all about it until it starts getting dark again in August! | ||
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| Out the sunroom doors to the deck. Backyard is still pretty barren, and needs to be raked soon. We'll be putting down some red fescue grass seed this spring to rejuvenate the lawn. The yard is half-shaded, and Anchorage is very dry from late April through July, so we need a more shade- and drought-tolerant grass. | ||
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| East-facing picture window toward the front yard. The mountains will become invisible within a week or two as the trees leaf-out. We are fortunate that, back in 1968, the builders of this house chose to keep so many mature trees on the property. We didn't notice that basketball hoop was there until we moved in. Neighborhood kids still use it so we'll probably just keep it there for now. On a trip to Southeast Alaska next month Mike hopes to collect some large ferns to plant within the tree stand. The yard's pretty much a blank slate for flower gardening too. | ||
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| Sheida, our recently adopted dog, standing still for a moment in the backyard. Today was sunny and warm in the mid-60s. Donna says a freak snowstorm dumped 5 inches in town last week, but we're hoping that was a fluke. | ||
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| Sheida relaxing in the sunshine. That cat in the background belongs to some friends who are out of town. Our own cats have been staying inside for the most part, but they're starting to get used to the dog as time goes on. |
